This thread is about the origin of Wonder Woman in the upcoming movie Batman vs. Superman.
Hippolyta in Greek/Roman myth is the daughter of the war god Ares.
I did a research on the internet and could not find any reference of Hippolyta "not" being the daughter of Ares. For over 3,000 years in our schools, universities, children's books, etc. Hippolyta has been written as the daughter of the war god Ares son of Zeus.
How would this affect this upcoming movie if at all?
Making Hippolyta fall in love with her grandfather Zeus and getting pregnant with Diana? seems kinda sick to me.
I know that the vast majority of people who go to see this movie will have never read a WW comic book and never will but when they leave the theaters will they leave the theater with the conclusion that Wonder Woman was born from an incestuous relationship between Hippolyta and her grandfather Zeus mostly because of what they where taught in school even if the people at DC have not suggested anything like it. Should the movie make it clear that Hippolyta is not the daughter of Ares or just ignore it like DC has done for 70 plus years Wonder Woman has been around even if there is one back story that plainly states Hippolyta is the daughter of the war god Ares.
Granted "maybe" most people will not care, but does DC?
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